MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Romania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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